Mafia Blood : The Mansolillo's Vengeance - Complete Mafia Series (Books 1-3) by Sloane Peterson

Author:Sloane Peterson [Peterson, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Ella

I feel so stupid.

Despite everything, I can’t stop thinking about Mattia. I can’t stop looking at my phone, expecting to see a text or a call from him. When that doesn’t happen, every part of me wants to call him and ask if he’s okay. How is he healing? Is he sure he can’t give me just one simple answer? That’s all I’m asking for from him. It doesn’t feel like a lot, but when it comes to Mattia…evidently it is.

I’m going about my life without him and everything just feels dimmer. I know we weren’t together long but things felt magical. It all felt right and now it just feels crushing to know that it wasn’t. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe it wasn’t as deep as I thought it was between us. I wasn’t worth the truth to him. That should tell me everything that I need to know.

It's hard to focus on work. My eyes keep shifting to my phone, or I keep getting lost in my thoughts about Mattia. I know I’m going to wind up getting in trouble for all of this, but I don’t know how to get him out of my mind. I don’t have anyone I can reach out to about this.

I never told my mom after Mattia, knowing she was going to tell me how stupid I was, dating someone that I barely knew anything about. Turns out she would be incredibly fucking right. Surprise, surprise. None of my friends will get it. They’ll agree. How could I fall so completely for someone who couldn’t tell me the truth?

It has everything to do with how he treated me, how things felt when we were together. It felt right. Every single moment of it. I didn’t need to question anything when I was distracted by all of it.

“Ella? Eleanor?”

I realize that someone is saying my name, repeatedly. I have no idea how long they’ve been trying to get my attention. I’m going to end up losing my job. I turn my eyes up to look at the guest.

“Sorry, sorry. How can I help you today?”

It’s Damien. The reason I met Mattia in the first place. How many lines would I be crossing if I bring him up? Just casually ask if he’s doing okay? Maybe Damien knows more about him than I do.

“I was wondering if you were okay. You look…a thousand miles away from here,” he says, his voice soft. “When’s your lunch? I can take you out, buy you something.”

Damien has always given me the creeps. There’s something about the way he leers, the way he talks to me. It’s like he just assumes that I’m interested in him. I’m not. I have never been. He’s older and he’s attractive enough but something just screams ‘sleaze’. Plus, all the former mafia rumors surround him.

I shake my head. “I’m fine, honestly. Just had a long week. And I actually brought my lunch so…”

“Ella, how long have we known each other? You’ve never let me take you out.

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